QuickLearn
09-03-2002, 10:00 PM
Adding a Hyperlink to Text
Suppose you are using PowerPoint while making a presentation at a company staff meeting, and want to display an Excel spreadsheet, a Word document and the department's new Web site. By adding a hyperlink to slide text, you can click on the text to quickly jump to the desired file or URL. Of course, hyperlinking to a URL assumes that your PC is connected to the Internet.
To create a hyperlink:
-- Highlight the text that you want to turn into a hyperlink
-- Press Ctrl K
-- The Insert Hyperlink dialog box should appear:
The text you highlighted will appear in the Text to display box at the top.
If you know the name of the file you wish to hyperlink to, you can type it in the Type the file or Web page name box. For example, to link to an Excel spreadsheet file named Budget.xls stored in the My Documents folder, you would type:
c:\my documents\budget.xls
Or, you can browse for the file by clicking on the File... button. Likewise, you can either type in the URL of the Web site you wish to link to, or click on the Web Page... button to search. If you wish to position the cursor at a precise location within a file or Web page, you can use the Bookmark... button. However, you must first create the appropriate bookmark within the document.
-- Click on OK
The text you had highlighted will now appear in a different color, and will probably be underlined, to indicate that it is now a hyperlink.
When you move the mouse pointer onto the text, the mouse pointer will change into a hand to indicate it is hyperlinked. Clicking on the text should cause the linked file to appear within the application that created it. For example, if linked to a spreadsheet, Excel will first load and then display the file.
Suppose you are using PowerPoint while making a presentation at a company staff meeting, and want to display an Excel spreadsheet, a Word document and the department's new Web site. By adding a hyperlink to slide text, you can click on the text to quickly jump to the desired file or URL. Of course, hyperlinking to a URL assumes that your PC is connected to the Internet.
To create a hyperlink:
-- Highlight the text that you want to turn into a hyperlink
-- Press Ctrl K
-- The Insert Hyperlink dialog box should appear:
The text you highlighted will appear in the Text to display box at the top.
If you know the name of the file you wish to hyperlink to, you can type it in the Type the file or Web page name box. For example, to link to an Excel spreadsheet file named Budget.xls stored in the My Documents folder, you would type:
c:\my documents\budget.xls
Or, you can browse for the file by clicking on the File... button. Likewise, you can either type in the URL of the Web site you wish to link to, or click on the Web Page... button to search. If you wish to position the cursor at a precise location within a file or Web page, you can use the Bookmark... button. However, you must first create the appropriate bookmark within the document.
-- Click on OK
The text you had highlighted will now appear in a different color, and will probably be underlined, to indicate that it is now a hyperlink.
When you move the mouse pointer onto the text, the mouse pointer will change into a hand to indicate it is hyperlinked. Clicking on the text should cause the linked file to appear within the application that created it. For example, if linked to a spreadsheet, Excel will first load and then display the file.